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Updated: 3:11 PM PDT Apr 14, 2020

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As the outbreak of the Corona virus continues to spread in China, fast food companies are implementing Contact plus pickup and delivery service is throughout the country. Reuters reports that companies such as McDonald's, Starbucks and KFC are now doing pickup and delivery that does not include human contact between the customer and employee. According to Fox News, the plan involves the customer ordering food online remotely or via computers in the restaurants. The employees then prepare the food, placing them in a sealed bag and putting them in a prearranged location for pickup without human contact. And Starbucks is now taking the temperature of any customer that wants to enter any of its stores. The outlet reports that the virus has now infected more than 70,548 people globally and killed more than 1700.

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McDonald's in China makes apology for a restaurant banning black people

Video above: Chinese fast-food companies are doing ‘contactless’ deliveries in wake of coronavirus. A McDonald's in China has apologized for posting a notice barring black people from entering the establishment, the BBC reports.The notice read: "We’ve been informed that from now on black people are not allowed to enter the restaurant."The McDonald's, in Guangzhou, the capital city of the Guangdong province, put the ban in place after rumors circulated online that the novel coronavirus was spreading among African people, according to the BBC.McDonald's temporarily closed the restaurant after finding out about the policy, saying it was "not representative of our inclusive values." The restaurant has conducted diversity and inclusion training in the branch.“Immediately upon learning of an unauthorized communication to our guests at a restaurant in Guangzhou, we immediately removed the communication and temporarily closed the restaurant,” the company said.Last week, hundred of Africans in Guangzhou were evicted from their living spaces in fears they would spread infections to others. The city is home to one of China's largest African communities, and a hub of African trade.The provincial government of Guangdong responded to worries about racial discrimination, calling Africa and China "good friends," and that it attaches "great importance to some African countries' concerns and is working promptly to improve" operations.

A McDonald's in China has apologized for posting a notice barring black people from entering the establishment, the BBC reports.

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The notice read: "We’ve been informed that from now on black people are not allowed to enter the restaurant."

The McDonald's, in Guangzhou, the capital city of the Guangdong province, put the ban in place after rumors circulated online that the novel coronavirus was spreading among African people, according to the BBC.

McDonald's temporarily closed the restaurant after finding out about the policy, saying it was "not representative of our inclusive values." The restaurant has conducted diversity and inclusion training in the branch.

“Immediately upon learning of an unauthorized communication to our guests at a restaurant in Guangzhou, we immediately removed the communication and temporarily closed the restaurant,” the company said.

Last week, hundred of Africans in Guangzhou were evicted from their living spaces in fears they would spread infections to others. The city is home to one of China's largest African communities, and a hub of African trade.

The provincial government of Guangdong responded to worries about racial discrimination, calling Africa and China "good friends," and that it attaches "great importance to some African countries' concerns and is working promptly to improve" operations.